The Law the Innocent Occasion of Sin
Romans 7:5-6
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death.…


Though the sun is not only necessary for the light, but for the healthy condition of our globe, yet its bright beams are the occasion of unhealthy effluvia arising from many substances. The fault, however, lies not in the sun, but in the inward corrupt state of the substances in question. So the law, intended to produce beneficial results, became, owing to the depraved condition of man's heart, the innocent occasion of sin.

(C. Neil, M. A.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

WEB: For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.




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